Looks like my transmission bit the bullet yesterday. LOUD grinding/rubbing noise, especially in reverse, and that's at a complete stop. It's an automatic.

Unfortunately, my wife was driving it at the time and hasn't let me forget it yet -- probably won't for a very long time. :shaking: The only positive side of that is that she can't blame it on my fast driving -- and, no, I don't dare say anything to her about her lead foot.

Anyway, can anyone recommend a quality repair shop in or around Raleigh, North Carolina? My current option is to get a rebuild with lifetime warranty from Aamco for about $2,800. The money doesn't bother as much as Aamco does. I have declared the car undriveable at this point, so would have to get it hauled there.

Think about this for 30 seconds. AAMCO is charging about double the prevailing rate for that rebuild, wo when it does blow up, they won't eat much the 2nd time around...

If it was my car, I would consider converting to a 5spd.

Otherwise, drop a PM to PeteK. He is THE man when it comes to these trannys.

Another drawback to Aamco, they will probably just replace your trans with another one that will not be Corvette specific. Bogus is right on, PeteK is THE man to get hold of for a trans or if you are mechanically inclined you could rebuild the trans yourself like I did, with Pete's help of course. With the proper rebuild manual it's a piece of cake.

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midnight is right. There are some differences in the Corvette version of the 700R4. For example, OD will engage with the throttle floored.

None of you have addressed a serious issue here, and that is WHAT YEAR MODEL IS THE CAR?

From memory, Qack drives a later model car.

If its a 4L60-E, Pete K wont touch it anyway, and he is a rather busy man these days.

Do you have the ability to remove the trans from the car yourself?